It seems like an inefficient setup

https://lemmy.world/post/14834166

It seems like an inefficient setup - Lemmy.World

Law Enforcement should be a profession, just like doctors and nurses.

Formal education. Licensing with a college whose role is to protect the public. Malpractice insurance. Requirements to remain current, and eligible to practice.

How would you feel about police making $200,000 {or more since they will need hazard pay} a year to drive around and or sit in a car. There is no way a city could afford to hire enough cops to patrol a city. Yes they should have to learn the laws they enforce and carry liability insurance but there is no way we should force them into doctor/nurse level education without equal pay.
How much do you think nurses make?
Hell, how much do they think doctors make? My friend is a doctor and his wife is a vet, I’m pretty sure combined they don’t make that much
They might have a ton of student loan debt (+vets don’t make much) so their after-loan income is fairly modest.